February 19

Sentimental.

This is one of my favorite illustrations.

I have been in my current bedroom for 13 years, this picture reminds me of what it originally looked like.

I vividly remember the first time i saw it.

We had been living at grandma and grandad's condo for about 10 months while dad and the crew worked on getting our house in living condition. Each morning when i heard dad wake up i would get out of bed to meet and ask him if i could go to work with him, being very aware that each day he would so no. Finally after 10 months he said i could go with him to the house. James told me to go upstairs where my bedroom would be, but to be careful because there still wasn't a floor. I had no idea it was completed. It was the kind of bedroom little girls dream of. light pink walls, with red rose stenciled along the border, a white loft bed with amy's toddler bed underneath, a kitchen set in the corner with a whole nursery for my dolls, my favortie dolls and stuffed anilmals, that i hadn't seen in what seemed like forever, sitting in the window sill. I remember standing there looking at everything and crying i was so happy. It was one of the happiest days i have lived so far.